Roseville pre-schooler finds Xanax in plastic Easter egg

A pre-school student in Roseville found a psychotherapeutic pill inside of a plastic egg that she received during an Easter party at school, police said Thursday.

The 4-year-old girl had attended a party at Huron Park Elementary School on Wednesday where the plastic eggs -- that were supposed to contain candy -- were distributed to students in an Easter egg hunt. When she got home and opened the eggs, she found a single dose of Alprazolam, a generic form of Xanax, which is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders.

“The little girl was opening the eggs and the pill just fell out onto the floor,” said Deputy Chief Donald Glandon.

The girl’s mother was at her side and picked up the pill. She called the school Principal Dan Schultz on Wednesday to inform him of the discovery and brought the pill in on Thursday, said John Kment, superintendent of Roseville Community Schools.

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Kment said no other parents have reported finding anything unusual in the eggs and the pill was turned over to police.

“Each child was supposed to bring in seven eggs with a piece of candy in each one and then tape the egg shut,” Kment said. “We have about 30 or 40 kids in there, so there are a lot of parents the police will have to contact.”

Kment said a letter was sent home Thursday to parents of children in the class.

Roseville police have interviewed the mother school officials. The incident has been turned over to the detective bureau, Glandon said.